ZEW Discussion Papers

ZEW Discussion Papers
ZEW Discussion Papers
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Researchers at the ZEW participate in scientific debates by publishing their papers. The papers are predominantly in English (marked). For the German papers an English abstract is available. The contributions are intended for a final publication in special interest titles. The discussion papers can be downloaded as PDF or PostScript files starting from 1.1.1998. They aimed at national and international target groups.

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-25 // 2001

    Organizational Change, New Information and Communication Technologies and the Demand for Labor in Services

    Between 1993 and 1995, the majority of German firms in services introduced new organizational practices (OC), in particular total quality management systems, certified ISO 9000, lean administration, flatter…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-24 // 2001

    Corporate monitoring by blockholders in Europe: Empirical evidence of managerial disciplining in Belgium, France, Germany and the UK

    This study examines managerial disciplining in poorly performing firms using large panels for Belgian, French, German and UK firms. We consider the monitoring role of large blockholders, the market for share…

    Pensions and Sustainable Financial...
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-23 // 2001

    Evaluating the Impact of Public Start-up Assistance - Results from an Econometric Approach

    This paper analyzes the medium-term growth performance of firms that exclusively received start-up assistance from programs administered by the Deutsche Ausgleichsbank (DtA), a state owned bank, within two years…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-22 // 2001

    A Simple Game-theoretic Framework for studying R&D expenditures and R&D Cooperation

    This paper derives a three stage Cournot duopoly game for research collaboration, research expenditures and product market competition. The amount of knowledge firms can absorb is made dependent on their own…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-21 // 2001

    Energy Taxes and Employment: A Do-it-yourself Simulation Model

    Our paper deals with the welfare and employment effects of green tax reforms. In the first part we develop a flexible, interactive simulation model which is accessible under http://brw.zew.de. Users can specify…

    Environmental and Climate Economics
  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-20 // 2001

    Price Indices for Information and Communication Technology Industries - An Application to the German PC Market

    Changing product quality, rapid technological progress, and short product life cycles make it difficult to compute indices that correctly reflect the true price movements of IT products. This paper assesses the…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-19 // 2001

    Do R&D Subsidies Matter? - Evidence for the German Service Sector

    In recent times the service sector is often called the driving force of today‘s economies. This paper analyses the innovative activities of German service firms. We investigate whether firms that receive public…

    Economics of Innovation and Industrial...
  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-18 // 2001

    Comparing the Part-time Wage Gap in Germany and the Netherlands

    In this paper,I contrast the quality of part-time jobs - in terms of hourly wage rates - with those of fulltimers. Using the Netherlands as a benchmark,helps to assess the size and seriousness of the estimated…

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance
  9. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-17 // 2001

    Arbeitsrechtliche Hemmnisse für die Anreizwirkung flexibler Entgeltsysteme

    Labour Markets and Social Insurance